Notification under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
S.O. 2490(E). Notification regarding Officer for composition of offences in case of Mines under the OSH and WC Code 2020
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MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 13th May, 2026
S.O. 2490(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 114 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020), the Central Government hereby notifies the officers mentioned in column (2) of the table below to be the officer for composition of offences in case of mines within the limits of their respective jurisdiction as specified in column (3) of the Table below:-
TABLE
Sl. No. Designation of Officer Jurisdiction (Area)
(1) (2) (3)
1. Deputy Director General of Mines Central Zone having jurisdiction in the State of Bihar and part of Safety, Central Zone. Jharkhand with headquarters at Dhanbad (Jharkhand), comprising of Dhanbad Region-1, Dhanbad Region-2, Dhanbad Region-3 and Koderma Region.
2. Deputy Director General of Mines Eastern Zone having jurisdiction in the States of West Bengal, Safety, Eastern Zone Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura and union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands with Headquarter at Sitarampur (West Bengal), comprising of Sitarampur Region-1, Sitarampur Region-2, Sitarampur Region-3 and Guwahati Region.
3. Deputy Director General of Mines South Eastern Zone having jurisdiction in the State of Odisha and Safety, South Eastern Zone Part of Jharkhand with headquarters at Ranchi (Jharkhand), comprising of Ranchi Region, Chaibasa Region, Bhubaneswar Region-1and Bhubaneswar Region-2.
4. Deputy Director General of Mines South Central Zone having jurisdiction in the States of Telangana Safety, South Central Zone and Andhra Pradesh with headquarters at Hyderabad (Telangana), comprising of Hyderabad Region-1, Hyderabad Region-2, Hyderabad Region-3 and Nellore Region.
5. Deputy Director General of Mines Southern Zone having jurisdiction in the States of Karnataka, Safety, Southern Zone Kerala, Tamil Nadu and union territories of Lakshadweep Islands and Puducherry with headquarters at Bengaluru (Karnataka), comprising of Bengaluru Region, Bellary Region-1, Bellary Region-2 and Chennai Region.
6. Deputy Director General of Mines Western Zone having jurisdiction in the States of Maharashtra, Safety, Western Zone Chhattisgarh and Goa with headquarter at Nagpur (Maharashtra), comprising of Nagpur Region-1, Nagpur Region-2, Bilaspur Region-1, Bilaspur Region-2, Raigarh Region and Goa Region.
7. Deputy Director General of Mines North Western Zone having jurisdiction in the States of Gujarat, Safety, North Western Zone Rajasthan and union territories of Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Diu, with Headquarters at Udaipur (Rajasthan), comprising of Ahmedabad Region-1, Ahmedabad Region-2, Surat Region, Udaipur region, Ajmer Region-1 and Ajmer Region-2.
8. Deputy Director General of Mines Northern Zone having jurisdiction in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Safety, Northern Zone Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and union territories of Delhi, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh with headquarters at Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), comprising of Ghaziabad Region, Srinagar Region, Parasia Region, Jabalpur Region, Gwalior Region and Varanasi Region.
[F. No. S-65025/21/2026-ISH-II]
ALOK CHANDRA, Senior Labour and Employment Advisor